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Confronting Precarity in the Warhol Economy: Notes from New York City
CONFRONTING PRECARITY IN THE WARHOL ECONOMY Notes from New York City Greig de Peuter (Received 9 June 2012; accepted 12 September 2012) Normative cultural economy discourse on New York City embraces the creative industries as engines of job creation but neglects the quality of employment within them. This article sets out to both illuminate the precarious conditions of nonstandard workers in New York’s vaunted creative sectors and identify emerging collective responses to precarity in this city. Three areas of labour activity are focused upon: fashion industry frictions, art world agitations, and independent worker initiatives. Under each of these headings, the article profiles two organizations that are variously exposing, resisting, and mitigating precarity among flexible labour forces in the arts, the media, cultural industries, and beyond. The discussion of these organizations is informed by interviews with some of their protagonists, by documents produced by the organizations, and/or by media coverage of them. Challenging the assumption that getting by in informal cultural labour markets obliges individual coping strategies, this article reveals scenes from a metropolitan laboratory of precarious labour politics. These initiatives are inklings of a recomposition of labour politics in which flexible workforces in creative industries are important participants. KEYWORDS: labour; precarity; unions; New York City; fashion; arts The Warhol Economy The 2012 edition of New York Fashion Week will inject $865 million into the city’s economy (Campbell 2012). Hundreds of galleries populate Manhattan’s Chelsea district – the geographic core of an art market currently enjoying a boom, or so suggests the $171.4 million profit of New York based art auctioneer Sotheby’s in 2011 (Boroff 2012). -
GLOSSARY of COLLECTIVE BARGAINING TERMS and SELECTED LABOR TOPICS
GLOSSARY of COLLECTIVE BARGAINING TERMS and SELECTED LABOR TOPICS ABEYANCE – The placement of a pending grievance (or motion) by mutual agreement of the parties, outside the specified time limits until a later date when it may be taken up and processed. ACTION - Direct action occurs when any group of union members engage in an action, such as a protest, that directly exposes a problem, or a possible solution to a contractual and/or societal issue. Union members engage in such actions to spotlight an injustice with the goal of correcting it. It further mobilizes the membership to work in concerted fashion for their own good and improvement. ACCRETION – The addition or consolidation of new employees or a new bargaining unit to or with an existing bargaining unit. ACROSS THE BOARD INCREASE - A general wage increase that covers all the members of a bargaining unit, regardless of classification, grade or step level. Such an increase may be in terms of a percentage or dollar amount. ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE – An agent of the National Labor Relations Board or the public sector commission appointed to docket, hear, settle and decide unfair labor practice cases nationwide or statewide in the public sector. They also conduct and preside over formal hearings/trials on an unfair labor practice complaint or a representation case. AFL-CIO - The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations is the national federation of unions in the United States. It is made up of fifty-six national and international unions, together representing more than 12 million active and retired workers. -
Beyond Immigrant Ethnic Politics? Organizational Innovation, Collaboration and Competition in the Los Angeles Immigrant Rights Movement (1980-2015) Gnes, D
UvA-DARE (Digital Academic Repository) Beyond immigrant ethnic politics? Organizational innovation, collaboration and competition in the Los Angeles immigrant rights movement (1980-2015) Gnes, D. Publication date 2018 Document Version Other version License Other Link to publication Citation for published version (APA): Gnes, D. (2018). Beyond immigrant ethnic politics? Organizational innovation, collaboration and competition in the Los Angeles immigrant rights movement (1980-2015). General rights It is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), other than for strictly personal, individual use, unless the work is under an open content license (like Creative Commons). Disclaimer/Complaints regulations If you believe that digital publication of certain material infringes any of your rights or (privacy) interests, please let the Library know, stating your reasons. In case of a legitimate complaint, the Library will make the material inaccessible and/or remove it from the website. Please Ask the Library: https://uba.uva.nl/en/contact, or a letter to: Library of the University of Amsterdam, Secretariat, Singel 425, 1012 WP Amsterdam, The Netherlands. You will be contacted as soon as possible. UvA-DARE is a service provided by the library of the University of Amsterdam (https://dare.uva.nl) Download date:29 Sep 2021 CHAPTER 6.161 BEYOND THE LOS ANGELES MODEL? UNDERSTANDING THE EVOLUTION OF IMMIGRANT WORKER ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH A HYBRID RESOURCE-BASED MODEL Abstract This paper offers a starting point to explain the emergence, consolidation, and fragmentation of the Los Angeles immigrant workers rights movement over the last three decades. -
Catholic Worker
CATHOLIC WORKER Vol. IV. No. 7 NOVEMBER, 1936 /; Price One Cent Globe Strikers' Mormons Relieve Seamen Strike in Cause Is Right, Brothers Without Face of Corrupt Strike Is Wrong State Assistance Union Leadership· Good Example of Unjust Teach Catholics Lesson New Sit-Down Technique Action by Union and Personalist Way to Used; Hiring Halls Employer • Help Poor Main Issue Dressed as CJ:iinese coolies, a line - Mormons are personalists! Mor From Maine to Corpus Christi, of pickets paraded one day last mons have taken the lead from from Grey's Harbor to San Diego, month in front of Globe Mail Serv Catholics in caring for their needy. from coast to coast seamen are ice, Inc., at 148 W. 23rd Street, New The Church of the Latter Day striking, registering their common York, in a strike typical of so many Saints has met the crisis in a man brotherhood, expressing their dis similar cases where the cause is ner which· ought to shame our so satisfaction with a system that re• right, but the strike is wrong. called Catholic charitable organiza fuses to recognize their digpity as Our first contact was with the tions. · men, as sons of God. strikers, who said that 105 men and Of the 117 "stakes,'' local admin We will not repeat details of the women, a majority of the staff, had istrative units, stretching from Alas strike, which is spreading so rapidly; walked out on September 29 under ka to Mexico, 112 are participating they have been ably -reported in the the banner of the Bookkeepers', in the "Church Security Plan." daily press. -
Rebel Cities: from the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution
REBEL CITIES REBEL CITIES From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution David Harvey VERSO London • New York First published by Verso 20 12 © David Harvey All rights reserved 'Ihe moral rights of the author have been asserted 13579108642 Verso UK: 6 Meard Street, London WI F OEG US: 20 Jay Street, Suite 1010, Brooklyn, NY 1120 I www.versobooks.com Verso is the imprint of New Left Books eiSBN-13: 978-1-84467-904-1 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Harvey, David, 1935- Rebel cities : from the right to the city to the urban revolution I David Harvey. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-84467-882-2 (alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-1-84467-904-1 I. Anti-globalization movement--Case studies. 2. Social justice--Case studies. 3. Capitalism--Case studies. I. Title. HN17.5.H355 2012 303.3'72--dc23 2011047924 Typeset in Minion by MJ Gavan, Cornwall Printed in the US by Maple Vail For Delfina and all other graduating students everywhere Contents Preface: Henri Lefebvre's Vision ix Section 1: The Right to the City The Right to the City 3 2 The Urban Roots of Capitalist Crises 27 3 The Creation of the Urban Commons 67 4 The Art of Rent 89 Section II: Rebel Cities 5 Reclaiming the City for Anti-Capitalist Struggle 115 6 London 201 1: Feral Capitalism Hits the Streets 155 7 #OWS: The Party of Wall Street Meets Its Nemesis 159 Acknowledgments 165 Notes 167 Index 181 PREFACE Henri Lefebvre's Vision ometime in the mid 1970s in Paris I came across a poster put out by S the Ecologistes, a radical neighborhood action movement dedicated to creating a more ecologically sensitive mode of city living, depicting an alternative vision for the city. -
1.3 Recent Board & Department of Labor Activity on Union Organizing
ABOUT THE AUTHORS Michael G. Pedhirney is a shareholder in the San Francisco office of Littler Mendelson, P.C., the largest U.S.-based law firm exclusively devoted to representing management in labor and employment law. Michael focuses on the representation of management in a broad range of labor and employment law matters, particularly collective bargaining and matters before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). In addition to appearing in state and federal courts and before the NLRB, Michael also represents employers in collective bargaining and handles arbitrations and mediations. Karen A. Sundermier, in her current role as a Knowledge Management Counsel for Littler, helped design Littler LaborSmart™, an interactive, online tool that allows in-house legal and labor relations professionals to access all of their company’s collective bargaining agreements in a structured, searchable database. The tool allows companies to swiftly identify and compare language for contract administration, grievance, and negotiation purposes. Prior to turning her focus to offering strategic and innovative legal service solutions, Karen represented employers in a broad spectrum of employment and labor matters and assisted employers with representation elections and collective bargaining as a Littler associate and in- house employment counsel. She currently serves as an editor for Littler’s publications on labor relations topics. © 2018 LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. i COVERAGE Scope of Discussion. This publication explains union election procedures and the NLRB’s role in overseeing elections. It also explores NLRB precedent on objectionable conduct by different parties that may result in election results being overturned. Also included is information concerning actions employers are permitted to take and are prohibited from taking in advance of and in response to union organizing drives. -
The Social and Economic Costs of Illegal Misclassification, Wage Theft and Tax Fraud in Residential Construction in Massachusetts
WORKING PAPER SERIES WORKING PAPER LABOR CENTER The Social and Economic Costs of Illegal Misclassification, Wage Theft and Tax Fraud in Residential Construction in Massachusetts Tom Juravich Professor, Labor Studies and Sociology University of Massachusetts Amherst [email protected] Russell Ormiston Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Allegheny College President, Institute for Construction Economic Research [email protected] Dale Belman Professor, School of Human Resources and Labor Relations, Michigan State University Institute for Construction Economic Research [email protected] June 28, 2021 The Social and Economic Costs of Illegal Misclassification, Wage Theft and Tax Fraud in Residential Construction in Massachusetts Tom Juravich Russell Ormiston Dale Belman Executive Summary This study examines labor and employment practices in the residential construction in- dustry in Massachusetts. Our research is based on more than 60 in-depth interviews with documented and undocumented workers, union and non-union contractors, union and public officials, and community activists involved in residential construction. The results of these interviews are complemented by a comprehensive quantitative analysis of data from the Massachusetts Department of Revenue, Department of Unemployment Assistance and Department of Industrial Accidents that provides statistical projections of the extent and economic costs of worker misclassification in Massachusetts construction. Based on our extensive interviews, we have identified a new and fully institution- alized business model operating in residential construction across the Common- wealth. Practices such as the illegal misclassification of workers as independent contractors, wage theft and tax fraud, and paying workers in cash that were once at the margins of the construction industry, are now at the center of medium and large residential construction in Massachusetts. -
The Status of Worker Centers As Labor Organizations Under the National Labor Relations Act the U.S
APRIL 2019 The Status of Worker Centers as Labor Organizations Under the National Labor Relations Act The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world’s largest business federation representing the interests of more than 3 million businesses of all sizes, sectors, and regions, as well as state and local chambers and industry associations. Copyright © 2019 by the United States Chamber of Commerce. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form—print, electronic, or otherwise—without the express written permission of the publisher. APRIL 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................................................................3 BRIEF BACKGROUND OF THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT AND KEY AMENDMENTS ...................................................................................................................4 A. Wagner Act—1935 (NLRA) ...............................................................................................................4 B. Taft-Hartley Act—1947 (LMRA)........................................................................................................5 C. Landrum-Griffin Act—1959 (LMRDA) ............................................................................................6 LABOR ORGANIZATIONS UNDER THE NLRA ..........................................................................7 A. Key Elements of the NLRA Definition of ‘Labor Organization’ ...........................................7 -
NO SHORTCUTS Z Ii Iii
i NO SHORTCUTS z ii iii NO SHORTCUTS z ORGANIZING FOR POWER IN THE NEW GILDED AGE . Jane F McAlevey 1 iv 1 Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and certain other countries. Published in the United States of America by Oxford University Press 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016, United States of America. © Oxford University Press 2016 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, by license, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reproduction rights organization. Inquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above. You must not circulate this work in any other form and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer. CIP data is on file at the Library of Congress ISBN 978– 0– 19– 062471– 2 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2 Printed by Sheridan Books, Inc., United States of America v vi vii Contents z Acknowledgments ix List of Figures xiii List of Tables xv 1. Introduction 1 2. The Power to Win is in the Community, Not the Boardroom 27 3. Nursing Home Unions: Class Snuggle vs. -
With Or Without Class: a Comparative Study of Union-Worker Cooperative Relations in the U.S
University of Denver Digital Commons @ DU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Graduate Studies 1-1-2016 With or Without Class: A Comparative Study of Union-Worker Cooperative Relations in the U.S. and South Korea Minsun Ji University of Denver Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd Part of the International and Area Studies Commons, and the Political Science Commons Recommended Citation Ji, Minsun, "With or Without Class: A Comparative Study of Union-Worker Cooperative Relations in the U.S. and South Korea" (2016). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1230. https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd/1230 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate Studies at Digital Commons @ DU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ DU. For more information, please contact [email protected],[email protected]. With or Without Class: A Comparative Study of Union-Worker Cooperative Relations in the U.S. and South Korea ____________ A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies University of Denver ____________ In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy ____________ by Minsun Ji November 2016 Advisor: Dr. George DeMartino Author: Minsun Ji Title: With or Without Class: A Comparative Study of Union-Worker Cooperative Relations in the U.S. and South Korea Advisor: Dr. George DeMartino Degree Date: November 2016 ABSTRACT This dissertation examines to what extent union-cooperative partnerships in the U.S. and S. Korea might revitalize labor movements and to what extent class-based narratives (or their absence) shape labor movements. -
Can Unions Use Worker Center Strategies?: in an Age of Doing More with Less, Unions Should Consider Thinking Locally but Acting Globally
View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Florida International University College of Law FIU Law Review Volume 5 Number 2 Article 14 Spring 2010 Can Unions Use Worker Center Strategies?: In an Age of Doing More With Less, Unions Should Consider Thinking Locally but Acting Globally Jennifer Hill Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center Follow this and additional works at: https://ecollections.law.fiu.edu/lawreview Part of the Other Law Commons Online ISSN: 2643-7759 Recommended Citation Jennifer Hill, Can Unions Use Worker Center Strategies?: In an Age of Doing More With Less, Unions Should Consider Thinking Locally but Acting Globally, 5 FIU L. Rev. 551 (2010). Available at: https://ecollections.law.fiu.edu/lawreview/vol5/iss2/14 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by eCollections. It has been accepted for inclusion in FIU Law Review by an authorized editor of eCollections. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Can Unions Use Worker Center Strategies?: In an Age of Doing More With Less, Unions Should Consider Thinking Locally but Acting Globally Jennifer Hill* In May 2010, UNITE HERE Local 355 held a meeting in Miami called “Rise Up for Haiti.”1 Most of this local union’s members are low- wage Haitian workers trying both to support their families here and deal with the devastating impact of January’s earthquake on family and home communities in Haiti. As preparation for the meeting, a Haitian union activist spent weeks conducting in-depth interviews with 250 other Haitian members.2 Members identified two priorities for union action. -
Automation and the Meaning of Work in the Postwar United States
The Misanthropic Sublime: Automation and the Meaning of Work in the Postwar United States Jason Resnikoff Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 2019 © 2019 Jason Zachary Resnikoff All rights reserved Abstract “The Misanthropic Sublime: Automation and the Meaning of Work in the Postwar United States” Jason Resnikoff In the United States of America after World War II, Americans from across the political spectrum adopted the technological optimism of the postwar period to resolve one of the central contradictions of industrial society—the opposition between work and freedom. Although classical American liberalism held that freedom for citizens meant owning property they worked for themselves, many Americans in the postwar period believed that work had come to mean the act of maintaining mere survival. The broad acceptance of this degraded meaning of work found expression in a word coined by managers in the immediate postwar period: “automation.” Between the late 1940s and the early 1970s, the word “automation” stood for a revolutionary development, even though few could agree as to precisely what kind of technology it described. Rather than a specific technology, however, this dissertation argues that “automation” was a discourse that defined work as mere biological survival and saw the end of human labor as the the inevitable result of technological progress. In premising liberation on the end of work, those who subscribed to the automation discourse made political freedom contingent not on the distribution of power, but on escape from the limits of the human body itself.